Prepared hoop iron and clasp for binding cases



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PREPARED HOOP IRON AND' CLASP FOR BIND 1N6 CASES Filed Nov) 13, 1928 lZZm-i' flegray 4a armwl-m Patented July 2, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENTCQFFICE.

HENRI HEGRAY, OF BOULOGNE SUB. SEINE, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR- TO JOHN GILBERT-DE JETLEY MARKS, 0F LGNDQN, ENGLAND.

1 I PREPARED HOOP IRON AND oLAsr FOR :erivnnve c'AsEsQ Applicationfile'd November 13, 1828, Serial No. 319,177, and in France November :81, 1927.

The present invention relatesto a com bi'ned'prepared hoop iron and clasp for binding cases, casks, packages and other like obects.

According to the main feature ofthe invention, the hoop iron is secured at one of its ends to a clasp member by any suitable means, the said. clasp being adapted to receive the other end of the hoop for rigidly securing same when binding a case.

According to a form of embodiment of the invention, the clasp is in the form of a sheath attached to one end of the hoop iron and adapted to receive the other end.

One of the inner faces of the sheath may be secured to one of the faces of the hoop iron so as to leave a free space between the other face of the hoop iron and the inside of the other face of the sheath, for the insertion of the free end of the hoop iron. The clasp or sheath is constituted by a metallic strip bent in a transverse direction to that of the hoop iron and with its edges facing one another, longitudinally of said hoop iron.

A space is left between the longitudinal edges of the sheath through which the operation of fixing the sheath to the hoop iron may be carried out. As an alternative feature, one of the faces of the sheath is provided with an aperture for the same purpose.

A combined prepared hoop iron and clasp having the above mentioned characteristics can be sold on the market in this prepared form and when binding a packing case, the hoop iron is placed around the case, the free end of said hoop iron being slid through the sheath, the hoop iron is taut and the two ends thereof are rigidly secured together and to the said sheath by stamping, riveting or the like as disclosed in my co-pending application No. 319,178, November 13, 1928, of even date here with.

The prepared hoop iron and clasp according to the present invention is illustrated, by way of example in the annexed drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a clasp or sheath.

Fig. 2 is an end view. of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the end of a hoop iron.

Fig. 4 is an end view of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a front view of a clasp'or sheath. in which is fixed a hoop iron by point welding.

Fig. 6 is a front viewshowing the welded l point on the opposite face to that shown in Fig. 5..

Fig. 7 is by joining the two ends of the hoop iron in the clasp or sheath. 7

Fig. 8 is a sectional View of the two ends of-the hoop iron joined together and of the sheath along the line AB of Figure 7.

Figs. 9 and 10 show modifications of the clasp or sheath.

The clasp or sheath 1 is constituted by asheet of metal folded upon itself so as to form a channel, a free portion being left at 2 so as to enable the welding operation of the sheath to one end of the hoop iron 1 to be carried. out therethrough.

In Figure 5, the end of the hoop iron 4 is shown in the sheath 1, both members being rigidly secured to one another by spot welding as shown at 3 in said figure as well as in Figures 6, 7 and 8. The hoop iron can be easily sold in this form, that is to say, when provided with thesheath' adapted to render the binding ofthe two ends of the hoop iron secure by stamping, for instance, or by any other suitable operation and with the help of any apparatus for attaining this result.

The arrangement of the end of the hoop iron 1- on the clasp 1, when attached internally to the clasp, must be made in such a manner as to leave within the sheath a sufficient space for enabling the other end of the hoop iron to be introduced, as shown in Figures 7 and 8..

Two other types of clasps or sheaths have been shown in Figures 9 and 10. In the sheath shown in Figure 9, a space is left between the edges of the bent over portions so that welding can be effected through said space at one or two points, as desired, without it being necessary to cut out the metal, as shown in Figure 1. In the sheath according to Figure 10, the cut out portion 2 (Fig. 1) is situated at one end of the sheath.

This invention has been disclosed. in its preferred form, but it is to be understood that nothing hereinbefore stated is to be construed as a limitation, because changes and alterations may easily be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

lVhat I claim is: 1. A prepared hoop iron and clasp for a front view oftheywhole formed bindingpacking-casings, comprising a hoop iron, a clasp in the form of a metallic strip bent transversely around the end of the hoop iron and welded thereto and having its opposed edges facing oneanot-her longitudinally of said hoop iron, said clasp having at said opposed edges an opening adapted to receive a welding tool therein for acess to the hoop iron with the clasp. 1

2. A prepared hoop iron and clasp for binding packingcasesycomprising a hoop ironyandla clasp welded'tfo'one end portion thereof, said clasp comprising a metallic strip bentltransversely around the end .ofthe .hoop iron and with its edges facingone another longitudinally of said hoop iron, one of the faces of said metallic strip being provided with an aperture through which the operation of Weldingsaidmetallic strip to said hoop iron may be carried out, said clasp adapted to receive the, other end portion ofthe hoop iron therethrough in superposed relation to said first end portion, the overlapping end portion of the hoop iron and the clasp thereabout adaptedto be deformed to "interlock lthe same: together independently of the'weld.

- HENRI HEGR-AY; 

